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Ypres 1917   37 Books
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King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1917. 1st Ed., xii+327pp., 7 illus., 7 fldg. maps. Murray, For the Regt. 1920  #64658
[HLMainPic] Detailed war records of all bns. on service, excellent maps inc. Arras, 3rd Ypres, Cambrai &c. Rolls of officers killed & wounded, obituaries, roll of awards. Publication of this edition was delayed until after the armistice to avoid constraints of censorship & present as comprehensive, accurate record as possible. Paperback edition, orig. dec. wraps., chipped, lacking rear wrap., o/w sound. See illustration on our website.   £30
Letters from France written home by Captain Llewelyn Jones, 1/3rd Batt. London Regiment and Tributes from Friends. 1st Ed., xxiii+181pp., 222x148mm, portrait frontis., 21 other photos. & a facsimile letter written before going into action at Arras in April 1917. Printed for Private Circulation. nd [c.1921].  #66018
[HLMainPic] Memoir and letters of John Llewelyn Thomas Jones compiled by his father. "Llew" was born in 1895 and grew up at Llangollen, where he went to the Llangollen County School. He entered his father's firm in London (his father was Chairman of the Paddington and Bayswater Chamber of Commerce) then joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in October 1915, being gazetted to the 3rd London Regiment in August 1916. Posted to France in October 1916, he was listed as missing in action on 16th August 1917, commanding "D" Company in an attack at Ypres. He was twenty-two and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery. Lengthy letters from the Front, occupying 86pp., are followed by numerous letters of condolence etc. Orig. patterned cloth covered boards with blind wheat cloth spine, this copy complete with plain paper dw & loosely inserted presentation letter from the subject's father, dated 1938. See illustrations on our website.   £275
The Gallant Legion. Complete set of 12 Vols. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1930s.  #66392
[HLMainPic] Angus & Robertson was the most prolific publisher of war memoirs in Australia after the Great War & produced a number of notable & several classic texts recording the experiences of Australian men & women in the Army, Naval, Nursing & Air services. At some point during the late 1930s, presumably to give a new lease of life to unbound sheets, the publisher reissued all these works in a series called The Gallant Legion. The sheets of various (but not 1st) editions were bound in excellent quality blue cloth with the series title at the head of the spine, plus the number of the volume in the series, with the individual volume title & author below, & a fighting soldier motif at the foot of the spine. All the volumes in this edition are complete as per the original texts, with all maps & photos. as originally published. This fine body of work, complete here in 12 volumes, includes: IDRIESS (Ion L.) The Desert Column; MAXWELL (J., VC, MC, DCM) Hell's Bells & Mademoiselles; WHITE (T.W.) Guests of the Unspeakable; RULE (E.J., MC, MM) Jacka's Mob; WILLIAMS (H.R.) The Gallant Company; TILTON (May) The Grey Battalion; REID (Frank) The Fighting Cameliers; MORROW (Edgar) Iron in the Fire; BURTON (O.E., MM) The Silent Division: New Zealanders at the Front 1914-1919; JONES (T.M.) Watchdogs of the Deep: Life in a Submarine During the Great War; SUTHERLAND (L.W., MC, DCM) Aces & Kings; MONASH (Gen. Sir John) The Australian Victories in France in 1918. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG throughout & excellent complete set. See illustrations on our website.   £425
The Path of Honour: Sgt. Basil T. Wilmer's Experiences in the Great War, 1914-1918. 1st Ed., 160pp., portrait frontis., 17 photos., plate of original battlefield grave, diagram, sketch map. Launceston, Tasmania: A.W. Birchall & Sons. 1919  #65462
[HLMainPic] Diary from enlisting in August 1914 in 11th Bn. AIF, 1st Australian Div., training then landing at Gallipoli where wounded on the first day; rejoined after a few weeks convalescence then proceeded to Western Front where he exchanged into the Australian Field Artillery & was KiA with 3rd Battery AFA near Zillebeke on 21st July 1917, & buried at Reninghelst. Rare & detakled diary containing much of interest. Orig. dec. paper covd. boards, sp. chipped, generally VG. See illustrations on our website.   £250
The Tenth Battalion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) A Record & A Memorial 1914-1918. 1st Ed., xix+168pp., 23 portraits of officers, from drawings by Lt. H.J. Gunn, 3 photos. Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation. 1923  #66525
[HLMainPic] Fine history (written by four former officers of the battalion) with 15th (Scottish) Div., Western Front 1915-18 inc. Loos, Somme, Arras, Ypres &c. Officers' roll noting dates served in the bn. &c., roll of awards. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, little marked & worn, generally VG & rare. See illustration on our website.   £90
ASTON (J.) & DUGGAN (L.M.) History of the 12th (Bermondsey) Bn. East Surrey Regiment. 1st Ed., 331pp., 4to, plates, fldg. maps. Union Press. 1936  #65173
[HLMainPic] Scarce, informative & detailed history. Western front 1916-18, notably at Flers on the Somme which they entered with the tanks. Roll of Hon., awards, nominal rolls of all ranks. Orig. red cloth, gilt, excellent ex-lib. copy, VG throughout with errata slip tipped-in at rear. See illustration on our website.   £75
AUSTIN (Ron) Forward Undeterred: The History of the 23rd Battalion [A.I.F.], 1915-1919. 2nd Ed., vi+311pp., portrait frontis., num. portraits & other photos. McCrae, Australia: Slouch Hat Publications. 2007  #64828
[HLMainPic] Victorian unit served in Gallipoli from Sept. 1915 then on the Western Front 1916-18: Pozieres 1916, Passchendaele 1917, 1918 campaign, with Roll of Hon., awards, & complete nominal roll. Orig. dec. laminated boards, VG. Signed by author. See illustration on our website   £75
BEAN (C.E.W.) The Australian Imperial Force in France 1917. 4th Ed., xi+1030pp., 423 illus. & maps. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1935  #66917
[HLMainPic] Vol. IV of the Australian Official History, covering the battles of Bullecourt, Messines & Passchendaele. Orig. maroon cloth, gilt, sides little speckled o/w VG. See illustration on our website.   £45

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CATTO (Alexander) With the Scottish Troops in France: Stories of The Gordons, Seaforths, Guards, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Engineers Etc. 1st Ed. in volume form, reproduced from the pages of the Aberdeen Daily Journal, orig. dec wraps., 88pp. Aberdeen Daily Journal Office. 1918  #60397
[HLMainPic] A most interesting & varied selection of pieces by Alexander Catto, the Aberdeen Journal's Special Correspondent at the Front, reproducing numerous atmospheric & interesting episodes relating to Scottish regiments in France from 1915-18, both in & out of action. Attractive, rare, & of great interest. See illustrations on our website.   £225
DELAMAIN (Frank) Ed. Going Across, or With the 9th Welch in the Butterfly Division: Being Extracts from the War Letters & Diary of Lieut. M. St. Helier Evans. 1st Ed., 228pp., portrait frontis., fldg. oblique aerial photo. (of Hollebeke Chateau &c., June 1917). VG in dw. Newport, Mon: R.H. Johns Ltd. 1952  #65493
[HLMainPic] Rare & acclaimed memoirs of Lt. F.M. St H. Evans, who was commissioned in 1914 & served with the 9th (S) Bn. Welch Regt. in the 19th (Western) Division on the Western Front, 1915 (when wounded) & 1916-18. The earliest letters having been lost, those included in this book commence in April 1916 & continue until he was taken PoW at the Chemin-des-Dames on 30/5/1918. They contain lengthy, interesting & detailed letters throughout his second stint of active service including Mametz Wood in July 1916, Messines & 3rd Ypres 1917 &c. Orig. red cloth, silver gilt to sp., VG in pictorial dw with cancelled stmaps of NZ National Lib. to endpapers, VG thus. See illustration on our website.   £165

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